Kerry Hints GOP May Suppress Black Votes (Barf Alert!)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/11/04 | Nedra Pickler - AP

[Senator Goldwater]

Kerry seems to be doing a good job at depressing black turnout himself.

[Gibtx]

focus on rather

[counterpunch]

So Kerry is already anticipating low support in the Democrats' core voter block.

[comebacknewt]

Just like clockwork, the RATs start playing the race card in September.

On a positive note, it is nice that he still has not locked up their votes at this stage. The more time he has to spend courting the blacks, the less time he is able to devote to battleground states.

[AmericanCheeseFood]

I'm just boggled that anyone is listening or paying attention to Kerry and actually thinking he's still a good possible leader for this country.

[cjmae]

I just watched a bit of Kerry's manure spreading and I was amazed at the lack of enthusiastic applause from the Black Caucus. (except for Uncle Jesse of course)

[Thrusher]

In other news, John Edwards has warned parents that, if re-elected, Dick Cheney will come to your house and eat your children.

[TomGuy]

All one has to see is -- Nedra Pickler - AP, and you know it is going to be a pro-Kerry-gushfest.

[bin2baghdad]

I guess they figure it's time to change the subject. The National Guard story isn't working out so well.

[jpw01]

Is sKerry lining up his post election day strategy?

[orangelobster]

I think lurch should elaborate a bit when he says "they'll do what they did in Florida." Just what did "they" do in florida.

It's my recollection that the DNC had a phone bank set up the morning of the election in florida and they called a lot of elderly dem voters and suggested to them that they were confused by the butterfly ballots and probably voted for bush by mistake. As is to be expected the elderly in these communities started getting hysterical. Yeah, I expect more of this sort of thing from the DNC this year.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I guess Clinton is going to let him use his "black churches are burning" commercials.

[Old Professer]

These guys need a new playbook.

[samadams2000]

Wait for the Dems to prepare Florida for voting irregularities, postponements, recounts, disenfranchisment fits..in the aftermath of the storms..as a gaming the system card...It will happen...

Actually concerned that rural areas will have greater issues for voting vs. the cities....A little worried for our end.

[MagnumRancid]

Just out of curiosity, how does one go about suppressing the black vote?

[combat_boots]

Suppressing votes? Even Ice T on Law & Order confessed once that his character is a pubbie.

This woe is me attitude is nauseating. Take a hike pal. People who like to be independent like to vote for the little guy, not the mindless one.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

I think lurch should elaborate a bit when he says "they'll do what they did in Florida." Just what did "they" do in florida.

Right. Mr. Kerry, out with it: what do you think the Republicans did in Florida in 2000?

[Leroy S. Mort]

"We're not going to stand by and allow another million African American votes to go uncounted in this election," Kerry said. "We're not going to stand by and allow acts of voter suppression."

Maybe he can come up with some documents to support this claim.

[jimboster]

Kerry's internals must look horrible. Playing the race card like this is beyond the pale. He must really be hurting- he's going for broke cause he has nothing to lose.